Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen 10, P.O. Box 7, H-4010 Hungary E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Tel: +36-52-512900/22588;
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Research Interest Organ metallic catalysis, Green chemistry( supercritical fluids, ionic liquid, aqueous medium, Fixation and transform of small molecular( especially CO2)
Education and Research Experience
• Jul.2006- Now Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow Supervisor: Prof. Joó, Ferenc Transition Metal Chemistry and Catalysis in Aqueous Media: fixation and transform of carbon dioxide. • Oct.2004-Jun 2006 (Visiting) Research fellow Supervisor: Prof. D.J. Cole-Hamilton Continuous Flow Hydrofoymylation of alkene in supercritical fluids: Design and set-up of high pressure equipment, Phase behaviour study of supercritical reaction system, Supported ionic liquid phase (SILP) hydroformylation.
• Sep.2001-Jul. 2004 PhD Supervisor: Prof. Han Buxing Electro-chemical synthesis and Catalysis in supercritical fluids and /or ionic liquid medium: Build-up of high pressure electro-chemical equipment , electro- oxidation of benzyl alcohol and electro-reduction of carbon dioxide, acidic ionic liquid catalyzed Mannich reaction
• Sep.1998-July 2001 MS
High pressure phase behaviour and interfacial phenomenon investigation
Honours and Awards 2006-2007. Marie Curie fellowship
2004-2005 Royal Society Chemistry Britain Petroleum fellowship
1997 Award of Science and Technology for the Promotion of chemical Industry awarded by Chemical Industry Society, P.R. China
1994-1998 First-rank scholarship for many times from 1994 to 1998
Publications
1. Mannich reaction using acidic ionic liquids as catalysts and solvents, Guoying Zhao, et.al, Green Chem., 2004, 75-77.
2. Electrochemical reduction of supercritical carbon dioxide in ionic liquid 1-n-butyl- 3-methylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate, Guoying Zhao, et.al, J. of Supercritical Fluid, 2004, 32, 287
3. Electro-Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in Biphasic System Consisting of
Supercritical CO2 and Ionic Liquids, Guoying Zhao, et.al.. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 13052.
4. Measurement and calculation about the interfacial tension of (methane +nitrogen)+water system. Guoying Zhao, et.al, Acta Scientiarum naturalium Universitatis of Petroleum, 2002,1 (in Chinese).
5. Interfacial Tension of (Methane + Nitrogen) + Water and (Carbon Dioxide + Nitrogen) + Water Systems Wei Yan, Guoying Zhao, et.al., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2001, 46, 1544.
6. Transesterification between isoamyl acetate and ethanol in supercritical CO2, ionic liquid, and their mixture L. Gao , T. Jiang , Guoying Zhao , et.al., J. of Supercritical Fluids, 2004, 29,107.
7. Effect of Ionic Liquids on the Chemical Equilibrium of Esterification of Carboxylic Acids with Alcohols T. Jiang, Y. Chang, Guoying Zhao, et.al.. Synthetic Commun., 2004, 34, 225.
8. Oxidative carbonylation of methanol to dimethyl carbonate in ionic liquid 1-butyl- 3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate T. Jiang, B. Han, Guoying Zhao, et.al., J Chem.Res-s, 2003,9,549.
9. Oxidation of Styrene with Molecular Oxygen in Supercritical CO2 T. Jiang, Y. Chang, Guoying Zhao, et.al., Chinese Chemical Letters, 2004,15, 296.
10. Ionic liquid catalyzed Henry reactions T. Jiang, H.Gao, B. Han, Guoying Zhao, et.al.,Tetrahedron Letters,2004,45, 2699.
11. Study on the Phase Behaviors, Viscosities, and Thermodynamic Properties of CO2/[C4mim][PF6]/Methanol System at Elevated Pressures Z. Liu, W. Wu, B. Han, Z. Dong, Guoying Zhao, et.al,. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2003, 9, 3897.
12. Tautomeric equilibrium of ethyl acetoacetate in compressed CO2+ethanol and CO2+methanol mixtures Z. Li,Ti. Mu,T. Jiang, J. Du, Guoying Zhao,et.al, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2004,60(5),1055. 13. Supported ionic liquid phase catalysis: continuous hydroformylation of long- Chain alkene in supercritical carbon dioxide, in preparation
Symposium Papers:
1. Electrochemical Reduction of High Pressure CO2 in Ionic Liquids Guoying Zhao, The 4th national Symposium on Supercritical fluids, 2002, 99.
2. Continuous flow homogeneous cataysis using supercritical fluids P.B. Webb, G. Zhao, T. E. Kunene and D. j. Cole-Hamilton, Internatioanl Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Orlando, Florida, March, 2005
3. Continuous \Flow Synthesis using Supercritical Fluids (or and ionic liquids) P.B. Webb, T.E.Kunene, A.C. Frisch, G. Zhao, T.I.Qintas, M.J. Muldoon and D.J. Cole-Hamilton, Interantional Symposium on relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous catalysis- XII, Florence, July 2005
4. Continuous flow homogeneous cataysis using supercritical fluids P.B. Webb, G. Zhao, T. E. Kunene and D. J Cole-Hamilton, Scientific Update meeting on Laboratory Automation, London, September, 2005.